Candy CIC60 Heater Element

[paulgoth]

I posted an item last week about a problem I was having with my Candy condensor dryer. Someone suggested it might be the Heater Element. My dad is an engineer (not of these but things in general) and had a look for me and confirmed it was the heater element that had gone. However, he wondered if you could just buy the Temperature Control Sensor and the Overtemperature Fusible Link separately rather than the whole Heating unit ?

[Dave_Conway]

Re: Candy CIC60 Heater Element

You can only buy the whole element, to be honest it’s better to replace the whole thing as Hoover have made improvements to the replacement to make it more reliable.

Dave.

[G1ZmO]

Re: Candy CIC60 Heater Element

Hi

I bought a heater element assy for my CIC60 but cannot see how to get to the connectors for the wiring.

Removal of the old heater is easy enough but the wires go through a small hole into the back of the dryer and since the rear and both sides are made from one piece of sheet steel I assume I need to access the heater wiring from the front which looks like a complete strip down job.

Can anyone suggest the simplest way to reconnect the new heater?

Thanks

Paul

[Allsorts]

Re: Candy CIC60 Heater Element

Remove the lid and then the side panel to gain access.

[G1ZmO]

Re: Candy CIC60 Heater Element

As I said, the side panels cannot be removed.

I have it done now. Had to remove the front fascia, door, some of the plastic mouldings, and the front mount for the drum. This allowed me a 5 inch access along the lower right edge between the drum and the side panel and I managed to attach the new heater connectors, one handed, through this access.

A poor design if ever I’ve seen one!

Reassembled and working now although I have the other minor pre-existing fault that the ‘on’ button needs jammed in or it doesn’t stay on. I changed the switch but apparently there’s a relay somewhere which may be at fault.

Paul

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